The Quarterly Review, 257. köideJohn Murray, 1931 |
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Page 326
... described in Homer as immense . ' Thus the Antiochenes spoke of him , also nicknaming him slaughterer ' ( victimarius ) . The courtiers of Constantius called him capella non homo , ' ' loquax talpa , ' ' purpurata simia , ' ' litterio ...
... described in Homer as immense . ' Thus the Antiochenes spoke of him , also nicknaming him slaughterer ' ( victimarius ) . The courtiers of Constantius called him capella non homo , ' ' loquax talpa , ' ' purpurata simia , ' ' litterio ...
Page 327
... described with ' his knees knocking each other ' ( Act ii . 1 ) . But the nervous movements and excitability seem to have become to some extent permanent in Julian's case . This may explain Constantius's contempt for him ' apud quem ...
... described with ' his knees knocking each other ' ( Act ii . 1 ) . But the nervous movements and excitability seem to have become to some extent permanent in Julian's case . This may explain Constantius's contempt for him ' apud quem ...
Page 357
... described , the character sketches are vivid . Even where , as at Albuera or the storm of Badajoz , Sir Charles has inevitably to stand comparison with some of Napier's finest flights his version does not suffer ; it is all the more ...
... described , the character sketches are vivid . Even where , as at Albuera or the storm of Badajoz , Sir Charles has inevitably to stand comparison with some of Napier's finest flights his version does not suffer ; it is all the more ...
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